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It's been a month since i started experimenting with a new technique based on custom shapes. i had given it a try last year but i just couldn't figure out how it was going to be THAT useful to a work process already based on custom brushes. it turns out that custom shapes are, in a way, far more versatile than brushes when it comes to organizing your canvas. the "abstract" factor is partly taken out of the workflow. not entirely though, as you can still mess around with insane shapes. but the way you apply shapes is just more connected to the environment you're creating, allowing super fast compositions in no time at all. i'll continue pushing this technique as it is, for now, extremely promising.

here's an environment extract i'm working on, done mainly with custom shapes. also, go visit kekai's blog for his latest, it's based on custom shapes and it's one thousand times worth it.

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Oh thank you for sharing these experiences with us, this kind of very square shape is precisely what interests me most in digital ...I just saw kekai, synthesize like that is really incredible, if you have other references like that ...

So you are basically using the custom shape tool to help you arrive at unique composition you might not otherwise achieved to begin with; a composition perhaps a little more thought out, instead of stumbled upon out of abstract shapes?

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